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gptkbp:instanceOf
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legal case
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gptkbp:applicationNumber
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66-1
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gptkbp:caseOutcome
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Influenced law enforcement policies
Encouraged civil rights litigation against police misconduct
Defined the limits of qualified immunity
Set a standard for evaluating police conduct
Clarified_the_scope_of_Section_1983
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gptkbp:caseTypes
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Civil case
No. 66-1
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gptkbp:citedBy
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386 U.S. 547
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gptkbp:court
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
Reversed lower court ruling
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court
1967-01-09
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gptkbp:filedIn
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1966-10-18
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gptkbp:historicalContext
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
1960s_America
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Pierson v. Ray
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gptkbp:impact
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Influenced future civil rights litigation
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gptkbp:involved
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Ray
Pierson
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gptkbp:judges
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gptkb:Justice_Potter_Stewart
gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
gptkb:Justice_Byron_White
gptkb:Justice_Thurgood_Marshall
gptkb:Justice_Lewis_F._Powell_Jr.
gptkb:Chief_Justice_Earl_Warren
gptkb:Justice_Hugo_Black
gptkb:Justice_William_Brennan
gptkb:Justice_William_Rehnquist
Justice Harry Blackmun
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gptkbp:jurisdiction
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:legalStatus
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Civil Rights
Qualified immunity protects government officials
Police officers can claim immunity under certain conditions
Attorneys for Pierson
Attorneys for Ray
Civil rights violations can lead to lawsuits
Qualified immunity for police officers
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1871
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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gptkbp:outcome
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Supreme_Court_ruled_in_favor_of_Ray
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gptkbp:precedent
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Subsequent cases involving police misconduct
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gptkbp:relatedPatent
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gptkb:Harlow_v._Fitzgerald
nan
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gptkbp:relatedTo
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gptkb:Section_1983_of_the_Civil_Rights_Act
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gptkbp:significance
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Established precedent for qualified immunity
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